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Cal. Elec. Code § 8409 — Nomination Papers

Cal. Elec. Code § 8409

Type
Statute
Source
California Elections Code
Jurisdiction
California
Date
2014-01-01
Current through
Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

Each candidate or group of candidates shall submit a nomination paper that shall be substantially in the following form:

Citator

Cal. Elec. Code § 8409 — Nomination Papers is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

Each candidate or group of candidates shall submit a nomination paper that shall be substantially in the following form:

County of _______.Nomination paper of ______, candidate for the office of _______.

State of California

County of __________

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SIGNER’S STATEMENT

I, undersigned, am a voter of the County of ______, State of California. I hereby nominate __________, who resides at No. ______, ________ Street, City of ________, County of ______, State of California, as a candidate for the office of _______ to be voted for at the election to be held on the ______ day of ______, 20___. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other candidate for the same office.

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Number Signature

 

Printed Name

 

Residence

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 1.  __________

 

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 2. __________

 

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 3. __________

 

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 4. __________

 

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 5. __________

 

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etc.__________

 

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CIRCULATOR’S AFFIDAVIT

I, ________, solemnly swear (or affirm) all of the following:

1.That I am 18 years of age or older.

2.That my residence address, including street and number, is
__________.
  [If no street or number exists, a designation of my residence adequate to readily ascertain its location is
__________.]

3.That I secured signatures in the County of ______ to the nomination paper of ________ as candidate for the office of ______; that the signatures were obtained between _______, 20__, and ________, 20__; that I saw all the signatures on this section of the nomination paper being signed and that, to the best of my information and belief, each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.

(Signed) Circulator

Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______, 20__.

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(SEAL)__________

Notary Public (or other official)